Chapter 5: Body and Fate

Chapter 5: Body and Fate

Overall Paraphrase
Heaven and Earth take their positions, and all things begin to live. Humans are conceived and take form through the interaction of Yin and Yang, and are distinguished as wise or foolish based on the purity or turbidity of their innate Qi🌱. For a fate to be both wealthy and long-lived, the Self Line must be prosperous and strong, free from clashes and restraints; if it is either short-lived or poor, it is because the Body Line is weak and dormant and further suffers suppression. If the Self Line falls into Emptiness🌫, then one's lifelong endeavors will be difficult to achieve; if the Body Line enters a Tomb or Vault⚰️, then plans in old age will encounter many obstacles. If the Hexagram Palace is weak, the foundation is shallow; if the Yao images are abundant and robust, the fate is powerful and elevated.

To ask about establishing a family, avoid the Six Clash hexagram as it indicates dispersion and instability; to know about building a career, favor the Six Harmony hexagram as it indicates cohesion and assistance. If the Self Line moves on its own and is strong, it signifies independent entrepreneurship; a weak Self Line receiving support indicates achieving things by relying on others. If the Day Branch and Hour Branch generate and harmonize🕒, one will receive much assistance from lesser people throughout life; if the Yearly and Monthly Branches clash and restrain🌪, one will go half a lifetime without encountering the guidance of a noble person. If the Azure Dragon and Offspring lines lack strength, even if one is pure and lofty, they are merely a poor scholar; if the White Tiger and Wife/Wealth lines are strong and vigorous, though coarse and vulgar, they become a wealthy person.

The Parent line holding the Self indicates a life of toil and奔波; the Officer/Ghost line holding the Self indicates entanglement with illness and pain. Encountering the Sibling line makes it difficult to accumulate wealth; seeing the Offspring line avoids punishments and harm. If the Salary star is weak and meets a killing star's clash, one is destined to谋生奔波 east and west; if blessings are meager and受凶制 by malign forces, one will end up relying on others for sustenance. If the Offspring line is dead and the Wife/Wealth line is empty, it is the fate of leaving the secular world to become a monk/nun; if a Noble Person arrives and the Salary God appears, it is the material for becoming a general or minister.

If the Vermilion Bird and the Virtue and Blessings star approach the Body and respond in harmony, it indicates an opera performer🎭; if the White Tiger together with the Parent line holds the Self and meets Metal, it indicates a butcher in the marketplace🔪. The Self Line plus the Dark Warrior and Officer/Ghost lines must indicate a thief or bandit; the Body carrying the Hooked Array and Parent lines surely indicates a farming peasant🌾. When Wealth and Blessings are in power, there will eventually be a day of glory and splendor; when Officer and Sibling lines govern, one will surely see无常破败 and ruin.

If inquiring about middle age fortune, if凶煞 malign stars do not come then there is no hindrance; if asking about one's later years,恶星 malign stars attacking and clashing are cause for worry. If the main hexagram is not auspicious, it is like Li Mi's坎坷坎坷 childhood; if the changing hexagram has support, it resembles Ma Yuan's robust health in old age. A single hexagram being harmonious is like Zhang Gongyi's family living in harmony; six lines clashing and fighting is like the Sima family's骨肉相残 fratricidal strife.

Min Ziqian's filial piety moved both inside and outside the family, because the Parent line generates the Self; Confucius' virtue covered his家族家邦 family and state, because the Sibling line harmonizes with the Self. Self and Response lines generating each other is like Bao Xuan marrying Huan Shaojun,恩爱和睦 loving and harmonious; Wealth and Officer lines clashing is like Guo Xi marrying Princess Shengping,琴瑟不调 marital discord. The Self injuring the Response position is like Zhuangzi drumming on a盆盆盆盆 singing upon his wife's death; the Response restraining the Self is like Lady Liu's狮吼 lion's roar making her husband fearful. If the Self is凶凶 and the Response克克克, one must rely solely on a virtuous wife like the rooster's crow warning the husband; if the Body is吉吉 and the Offspring supports, one joyfully obtains a fine son like the crane's cry responding auspiciously.

If the Virtue and Blessings line is strong, it is like the Ren and Wang families whose sons were all贤良 virtuous; if the Offspring line transforms into凶凶凶, it resembles Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui whose sons were mostly不肖 unworthy. Bo Dao had no sons because the Offspring line fell into Emptiness; Bu Shang wept for his son because the Parent line carried punishment and harm. If the Parent line belongs to Wood, it is like Dou Yujun whose five sons all passed the imperial examinations; if the Ghost line relies on Metal, it resembles the Tian brothers whose紫荆复茂 purple vetch tree flourished again. If the Sibling line (Metal) is strong, one rejoices to see Xun Shu's八龙出众 eight outstanding dragons; if the Younger Brother line (Water) is strong, one marvels at Lu Xun's双璧才高 twin jades of exceptional talent.

If Yao images appear重叠重叠, one must carefully deduce based on the actual situation: Wealth moving 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